Marco Reichel, a fellow " el " driver, has worked out a program for driving resistances, here the results.
Input data:
Mass | 400 kg |
Rolling friction number: | 0,01 |
Air resistance number: | 0,3 |
Frontal Area: | 1 m² |
Wheel diameter: | 0,52 m |
Required power at the wheel in Watts as a function of speed with different gradients
km/h |
Ebene |
5 % |
10% |
15% |
20% |
10 |
113 |
658 |
1203 |
1748 |
2293 |
20 |
248 |
1338 |
2428 |
3518 |
4608 |
30 |
428 |
2063 |
3698 |
5333 |
6968 |
40 |
675 |
2855 |
5035 |
7215 |
9395 |
50 |
1013 |
3738 |
6463 |
9188 |
11913 |
60 |
1462 |
4732 |
8002 |
11272 |
14542 |
70 |
2046 |
5861 |
9676 |
13491 |
17306 |
Calculated with solarsoftly 3,0 from Marco Reichel